In my country India, we usually do have a high distinction between formative and summative evaluations in the school education while in Higher education the boundaries diminish to great extent
On 3/23/12, Eric Deeson <[email protected]> wrote: > This is a quick query, though if you'd like it to become a WikiEducator > discussion, that's fine! > > For some work for the *British Journal of Educational Technology*, I have > come across some evidence that the formative / summative assessment > distinction is not clear in the US. I would like to pin this down further. > > As far as I recall, people are aware of the distinction in the last dozen > or so countries in which I have worked. (The last occasion I recall there > being a problem was in Kuwait in 1991.) > > So ... > > *(a) Do you have any feel for how widespread the distinction is (or how > widespread the ignorance of it is)?* If so, please share your feeling with > me. > > *(b) Do you believe the distinction is very clear / not very clear / > unclear / unknown among educators in the country or region where you are > working? *Please tell me your country / region in your reply. > > Very best wishes, especially if we've met and/or worked together in the > past - Eric > > *(Dr) Eric Deeson: Consultancy in Education and Training Technology, > Birmingham, UK > Reviews Editor - British Journal of Educational Technology* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
